The Right Way to Unthread Your Sewing Machine

Hey, friends! Welcome to Learning with the Girlfriends, where we provide tutorials on learning how to sew and teach you all the basics of sewing for beginners, including unthreading your sewing machine. While unthreading your sewing machine seems intuitive enough, there is a correct way to unthread your sewing machine to ensure you don't damage the tension disc on your sewing machine! Here is your (very) quick Girlfriend's Guide to unthreading your sewing machine.

The key to successfully unthreading your sewing machine is simple: Always pull your thread down through the tension discs. The same direction you threaded it, the same direction you will unthread it.

Pulling your thread through the same direction guarantees it moves through the natural pathways (think of it as going with the grain rather than against it). Doing this will reduce unnecessary wear on your tension disc, and extend the life of your sewing machine. 

Step 1: Cut the thread at the top of your machine.

Step 2: Pull the thread through the bottom. You can first pull it out of needle if you'd like or you can pull it through the needle entirely. 

It's as simple as that! Check out our YouTube video below to see this process in action!